FIBA rejects Turkish appeal over watch failure against Georgia

International Basketball Federation (Fiba) dismissed the appeal of turkey on the result of the game in which the Turkish team lost last Sunday Georgia in 88-83 euro basketballTurkish media reported on Tuesday.

Match in Tbilisi caused great tension after playing against Georgian players Doubt Sanaze and turkish Furkan Korkmaz on the field where both were disqualified, and then korkmaz According to his version, he was attacked on his way to the dressing room by several members of the Georgian team.

turkey FIBA has threatened to withdraw from the tournament if he does not quickly investigate what happened and analyze the security cameras, but for now he will remain in the competition and will face off today. Belgium.

At the same time, the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) appealed the result and observed that with 4 minutes and 48 seconds remaining, the game clock continued to advance to 4 minutes and 26 seconds when the foul that led to the confrontation occurred. did. , without being played.

do not have 22 seconds In the match, TBF required that the entire match be replayed or at least the remaining 4.5 minutes.

Nevertheless, FIBA Denies Appeal The running of the clock violates the rules, but Turkey claims it has not provided hard evidence that the error determined the outcome of the game, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency notes.

At the same time, FIBA ​​assured that it was investigating the player’s case to determine whether to order disciplinary action, the agency added.